Me Lucas Anderes (1954)

Mr Reto Annen (1977)

Arbitrator (Switzerland)
Eng/Deu
Chur / Switzerland

Founder and Vice-President of the Swiss Association of Ice Hockey Players (SAIP); Founder and Board Member (secretary) of the World Association of Ice Hockey Players Union (WAIPU); Found and Vice-President of the "Fairsport Association" athlete agency

Dr Marco Balmelli (1969)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It/Sp
Basel / Switzerland

Dr.iur. Attorney-at-law, Notary Public. Partner, Kellerhals Carrard, Basel (sports law including the consultation of professional international athletes, corporate law, M & A and commercial law).

Me Michele A.R. Bernasconi (1963)

Avocat (Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It/Sp
Zürich / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law. Partner Bär & Karrer AG, Rechtsanwälte. Assistant & Lecturer at Zürich University 1991-1994. LL.M. at Harvard University (Mass., USA) 1995-1996. President of the ASDS, Swiss Sports Law Association. Past Chair of the Committee Telecommunications of the IBA, International Bar Association. WIPO Panelist in ICANN domain name proceedings. Co-Director of the UEFA Football Law Programme. Member of the ASA, Swiss Arbitration Association. Chair of the Committee Sports Law of the Swiss Bar Association. Chair of the Subcommittee Sports-related Disputes of the ABA, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee. Member of the Executive Board of Swiss Tennis.

Mr John Francis Boultbee (1950)

Lawyer (Australia)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Sydney / Australia

LL.M. Master of laws, London University; Barrister; Director of the Australian Institute of Sport; former Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation (FISA). Former Head of National Teams, Football Federation Australia. Former Director of the Australian Institute of Sport.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Breidenbach (1955)

Professor of Law (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Berlin / Germany

Dir. jur. Professor of law - Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedure and International Law - European Univsersity Viadrina, Frankfurt. Professor of Mediation - University of Vienna. Business Mediator in national and international cases. Arbitrator. Dean, Humboldt - Viadrina School of Governance, Berlin.

Dr. Gerhardt Bubnik (1935)

Attorney-at-law (Czech Republic)
Eng/Deu
Praha / Czech Republic

Dr. jur. Charles University Prague, LL.M. Harvard Law School/USA. Attorney-at-law; partner in the law firm Bubník and Myslil; Honorary Member and former Legal Advisor of the Council of International Skating Union (ISU); arbitrator in international commerical matters.

Professor Guido Carducci (1965)

Website: www.carducciarbitration.com: Chartered Arbitrator, FCIArb, Law Professor in Paris (MC, HDR), Attorney-at-law (Rome, admitted also before supreme courts, Paris), Ph.D.s (Universities Paris II, Rome I), Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO (Paris) and the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport has currently 182 States Parties, Member ICC Institute of World Business Law and ICC Commissions on Arbitration and ADR, Commercial Law and Practice, Competition; Panels of Arbitrators: ICSID (Italy), CIArb, HKIAC, SIAC, JCAA, ACICA, CRCICA, KLRCA; Visiting Professor at the Universities of Miami, Rome, Thessaloniki (IHU).

Me Olivier Carrard (1956)

Avocat (Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Genève / Switzerland

Senior Partner and Attorney at law at the Lawfirm Ziegler Poncet Grumbach Carrard Luscher in Geneva; President of the Swiss Fencing Federation since 2004; Participant in the 1982 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (team épée); 1982 individual European Champion in Mödling; 1982 team World Vice Champion in Rome; President of the "Fondation du Panathlon Club Genève"; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Mr Bernardo Cremades (1943)

Attorney-at-law (Spain)
Fr/Eng/Deu/Sp
Madrid / Spain

Senior partner of law firm B. Cremades y Asociados and Catedrático of Universidad de Madrid; International Arbitrator. Member of Spanish sports arbitral body: Tribunal Español del Arbitraje Deportivo. President of the Spanish Court of Arbitration.

Dr. Georg Engelbrecht (1940)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Fr/Eng/Deu/Sp
Saarbrücken / Germany

Doctor Juris. Attorney-at-law in Saarbrücken Advisor for Federations and Clubs in sports-related matters (statutes, internal regulations, occupational accident insurance). Legal Counsel for the German Athletic Federation (DLV). Member of the Arbitration Tribunal of the German Basketball League BEKO BBL.

Mr John A. Faylor (1945)

Attorney-at-law (USA)
Eng/Deu
Frankfurt am Main / Germany

Bard College, B.A. 1967, University of Heidelberg; admitted to the courts of Germany since 1979; University of Michigan, LL.M.,1979, Attorney at law, admitted to the U.S. District Courts and the courts of the State of Pennsylvania since 1982; American citizen resident of Germany since 1967; Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP; Frankfurt am Main, continuing representation of of sportswear and sport article manufacturers since 1985. Former Member of FIS Doping Panel (2007); Chairman, Anti-Doping Panel, World Archery Federation since 2007; Chairman of the Ethics Commission of The World Games since 2017;

Dr Jochen Fritzweiler (1940)

Mr Marc Furrer (1951)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Bern / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law and Notary Public; Senior partner Monti Stampa Furrer Partners (2015- ); Formerly President of the Swiss Federal Communications Commission (ComCom); Lecturer of Communications Law at the University of St-Gallen; President Swiss National League (Ice hockey); President of the Swiss Ice Hockey (2012- ).

Dr M. Idwan Ganie (1955)

Attorney-at-law (Indonesia)
Eng/Deu
Jakarta / Indonesia

1982 Phd, University of Hamburg. Barrister. Founder, Senior Partner & Managing Partner Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo. Lecturer with the Economic Law Dept of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia. President of the Indonesian Sports Arbitration Body (BAKI). Chairman of Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers. Memeber of the Regional Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Member of Panel of Arbitration of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Ms Svenja Geissmar (1964)

lawyer (Germany)
Eng/Deu
London / United Kingdom

General counsel of Arsenal Football Club; Chair of the Arsenal Foundation; Member of the Executive Committee of Arsenal Football Club

Mr Michael Geistlinger (1956)

Professor (Austria)
Fr/Eng/Deu/Ru
Salzburg / Austria

Dr. jur.; University Professor for Public International, Comparative Constitutional and Eastern European Law; Visiting Professor St. Petersburg; Legal Adviser of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).

Mr Peter Grilc (1967)

Professor (Slovenia)
Eng/Deu
Ljubljana / Slovenia

Professor of Law University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Law (Commercial, Intl. Commercial EU), Dean. Member of the Judicial Commission of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia. President of the Arbitration of the Triglav Insurance Company, Arbitrator.

Dr András Gurovits (1960)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Eng/Deu
Zürich / Switzerland

Dr. iur. at Zurich University. Partner with Niederer Kraft & Frey, Attorney-at-law. Lecturer at Zurich University. Member of the Legal Committee of the IIHF. Chairman of the Champions Hockey League Appeal Board.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Haas (1964)

Professor (Germany)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Zurich / Switzerland

PhD.Professor of law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Former Chairman of the Geman Anti-Doping Commission (1999-2002) and of the advisory group on legal issues of the monitoring group of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention (2002-2004). Since 1998, member of the Appeals Tribunal and since 2007 of the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Member of the drafting team for the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code(2006-2007).

Mr Bernhard Heusler (1963)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Eng/Deu
Basel / Switzerland

Attorney-at-law. Partner of Wenger Plattner law firm. President and Delegate of FC Basel 1893 Ltd. Member of the FIFA Players' Status Committee. Member/Representative of FC Basel 1983-ECA. Member of the Committee of the Swiss Football League.

Dr Herbert Hübel (1958)

Attorney-at-law (Austria)
Eng/Deu/It
Salzburg / Austria

Dr. Jur. Attorney-at-law in the firm Liebscher, Lang & Hübel. President of the Salzburg Football Association since 2001. Board member of the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB). Former member of the Executive Committee of the UEFA Euro 2008. Member of the Executive Board of the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC).

M. Gian Franco Kasper (1944)

(Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Oberhofen / Switzerland

President of the International Ski Federation (FIS); former President of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) (2000 - 2002) ; IOC Member.

Mr Hendrik Willem Kesler (1949)

Attorney-at-law (Netherlands)
Eng/Deu
Zeist / Netherlands

Practicing lawyer since 1973 and partner with the lawfirm JPR lawyers in Enschede until 2000. 2000-2010, CEO and Chairman of the professional section of the KNVB (Royal Netherlands Football Association). 1984-1994, Board member of FC Twente Enschede (secretary, treasurer and vice-chairman). 1995, Board member of the KNVB (involved in the Euro 2000 in Belgium/Netherlands). Member of several committees of UEFA (media, pfc and legal); contributed to the set up of the womens top division in the Netherlands. Currently legal advisor/business consultant in his own company. Since April 2012, appointed member of the Board of the Gambling Authority by the Dutch Government.

Dr Dominik Kocholl (1975)

Assistant Professor for European, Comparative and International Private Law at the Institute for Civil Law at the University of Innsbruck; Head of Research Unit on Mountain Sports Law at the University of Innsbruck; CEO of Alprimo KG, Innsbruck, working in the field of mountain sports law, (sport) event and risk management; Team Manager of 470 and 49er Olympic Sailing team Kocholl/Kocholl; Co-Editor "Causa Sport" a scientific journal on international sports law and economy; Member of the Legal Experts Working Group of the UIAA; Member of the Austrian Sailing Team (1991-2004).

Mr Richard H. Kreindler (1959)

Attorney-at-law (USA)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Frankfurt/Main / Germany

Partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; Formerly Partner in the law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP. Attorney, New York, Paris, Frankfurt. Commercial investment, construction and infrastructure arbitration before and under the rules of the leading global institutional and ad hoc arbitration regimes. Council Member, Institute of World Business Law of International Chamber of Commerce (Paris). Honorary Professor, University of Münster, Germany.

Prof. Dr Eligiusz Krzesniak (1972)

Barrister, Professor of law (Poland)
Eng/Deu
Warsaw / Poland

Doctor of law, University of Wroclaw. Professor of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland. Barrister. Managing partner of the Warsaw office of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs. Chairman of the Committee on Discipline and Rules at the Polish Golf Union.

Mr Dirk-Reiner Martens (1942)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It/Sp
Munchen / Germany

Doctor of Laws; Principle of MARTENS Rechtsanwaelte; Legal Advisor of several national and international sports federations; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Olympic Games, 2000, 2004, 2002 and 2006: Lecturer in sports law at the University of Munich and in international commercial arbitration at Bucerius Laws School, Hamburg.

Mr Petros C. Mavroidis (1959)

Professor of Law: Columbia Law School, New York (September - December) (since 1998), University of Neuchâtel (since 1996) and European University Institute, Florence (2000-2002 and 2011-). GATT Legal Service (1992-1996). Member of the UEFA Club Financial Control Panel.

Mr Daniele Moro (1968)

Attorney-at-law and founding partner at Moro Recthsanwälte (2010- ); Former judge (substitute member) of the criminal court of the Canton of Lucerne (2005-2010); President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Swiss Football League (SFL); President of the Court of Appeal of the Central Switzerland Football Association (IFV); Member of the Disciplinary COmmission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG); President of the European Athletic Association (EAA) Court; Member of the Board of Directions of Basketball Association (NBV); Former professional football player in the Swiss 1st division (Servette FC, FC Neuchatel Xamax, FC Basel, RC Zurich, Lausanne-Sport) and Swiss national U21 team.

Mr Louis Muller (1946)

Judge (Namibia)
Eng/Deu
Windhoek / Namibia

B.A. LL.B.; Senior advocate; Chairman of the Society of Advocates of Namibia; Former Judge of the High Court of Namibia; President of Namibian Athletics Federation; Namibian Gymnastics Federation; Namibian NOC and Commonwealth Federation; judicial Officer of Namibian Rugby Union.

Dr. Sven Nagel (1970)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Leipzig / Germany

Doctor juris; Senior Partner Nagel Kauerhof Rechtsanwälte law firm; Member of the Board, Institute for German and International Sports Law, Leipzig; Former member of the GDR junior national team in wrestling.

Prof. Pascal Pichonnaz (1967)

Ph.D - University of Fribourg. Ordinary Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Arbitrator. Vice-President of the Federal Commission for Consumer Affairs. Member of Judicial Committee for Swiss basketball.

Mr Gordon Rapp (1957)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Heidelberg / Germany

Attorney-at-law and Senior Partner of RAPP WOLFF Rechtsanwälte. Member of the Articles Commission of the German Fencing Association 1996 - 1998. Vice President of the German Fencing Association 1998 - 2000. President of the German Fencing Association 2000 - 2014. Honorary President of the German Fencing Association. Member of the Marketing Commission of the European Fencing Association (CEE). Member of the FIE Legal Commission since 2008. Member of the ASOIF Legal Consultative Group since 2015.

Mr Klaus Reichert (1968)

Barrister (Ireland / Germany)
Eng/Deu
London / United Kingdom

Barrister at Brick Court Chambers. Member of the Basketball Arbitration Tribunal (BAT) panel of arbitrators and the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).

Ms Sylvia Schenk (1952)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Frankfurt-am-Main / Germany

Consultant / Attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills Germany LLP; Labour Court Judge at the Labour Court Offenbach/Main (1979-1989). City Councillor for Legal Affairs, Housing and Sports, City of Frankfurt (1989-2001). Chairwoman of the Commission for Legal Affairs, taxes and insurance of the German Sports Association (Deutscher Sportbund - DSB) (1994-2002). Chairwoman of the Appeals Board of the German Handball League women (since 2002). Member of the Board of the National Olympic Committee Germany (1994-1997). Member of the management Committee of the International Cycling Federation (UCI) (2000-2005). President of the German cycling federation (2001-2004). German Champion 800m Athletics and participant Olympic Games Munich (1972).

Prof. Dr. Martin Schimke (1959)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Düsseldorf / Germany

Dr. jur.; LL.M.; Attorney at law; Of Counsel of the law firm Bird & Bird; 1998 - 2014 President of the Sports-law-Commission and member of the Governing Board of the UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats); 1998 - 2000 member of the Arbitration Panel of the professional German Ice-Hockey League (DEL); since 1997 member of the Advisory Board of the German Sports-Law Association; 1989 - 2000 member of the Legal Committee of the German Basketball Federation and member of the Anti-doping Committee of the German Basketball Federation; 1978 - 1980 member of the German Basketball National Team; since 2015 member of the Ethics Group of the FISA (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron); Honorary Professor at the Hochschule Fresenius; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Summer Olympic Games, London 2012.

Prof. Dr. iur. Walter Seitz (1938)

Judge (Germany)
Eng/Deu
München / Germany

Doctor in law; President of a Panel at the Court of Appeal, Munich; President of the Supreme Court of the German Cycling Union and legal advisor.

Mr Peter Dirk Siemsen (1929)

Lawyer (Brazil)
Eng/Deu/Sp/Por
Rio de Janeiro / Brazil

Lawyer and industrial property agent; senior partner of Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira; Member of Honour of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle); former legal advisor in trademark matters to the Brazilian Football Federation; former Vice-President of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), Member of the ISAF Review Board; International Judge of the ISAF; member of the Americas Cup XXX Arbitration Panel; member of the Jury of the Olympic Games in 1984 (Yachting); chairman of the Jury of the Eliminations to the Americas Cup in 1986 and member of the Americas Cup Jury in 1988, panelist of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Mr Bruno Simma (1941)

Professor (Germany)
Fr/Eng/Deu
Munich / Germany

Doctor of law, University of Innsbruck; Professor of International and European Community Law; member of the UN International Commission; former Judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Ms Martina Spreitzer-Kropiunik (1967)

Judge (Austria)
Deu/Eng
Vienna / Austria

Presiding Judge at the Vienna Criminal Court. Since 1995 working as Judge at the Vienna Criminal Court, since 2003 specialised in international organised crime cases mainly in the field of drug crime and anti-doping affairs.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Vedder (1947)

Professor (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Munich / Germany

Dr. jur.; Professor of Public law, Public International Law and European Law and Sports Law, University of Augsburg; member of the Institute for Sport Science, University of Augsburg; former Chairman of the Arbitration Panel of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF); former member of the Juridical Commission of the European Olympic Committees (EOC); member of the Organizing Committee for the 11th Olympic Congress 1981. President of the IBU Doping Hearing Panel; Chairman of the Commission for the Settlement of Disputes related to Confidentiality of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, Nethelands.

Dr. Herman Verbist (1959)

Attorney-at-law (Belgium)
Eng/Fr/Deu
Ghent / Belgium

Attorney-at-law in Ghent and Brussels; Board Member of Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI); Chairman of the arbitrators of the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sports, Brussels (BAS-CBAS)(2016-); Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris (1988-1996); Visiting Professor at University of Ghent (International Commercial Arbitration) (1996-2013); Consultant to the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva (1988- ); Accredited mediator, Belgian Federal Mediation Commission (2008- ); Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (1996- ); Doctorate in Law at the University of Ghent

Dr Georg von Segesser (1944)

Attorney-at-law (Switzerland)
Eng/Deu
Zürich / Switzerland

Dr.iur., Attorney-at-law, FCIArb. Independent arbitrator at von Segesser Law Offices in Zurich, Switzerland (2017- ); Formerly, founding Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (1982-2016). Drafted and examined various sponsorship agreements for international companies related to Olympic Games and other international and national sports events.

Dr Georg von Waldenfels (1944)

Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Eng/Deu
Munich / Germany

Counsel at Clifford Chance Deutschland LLP; Former Minister of Finance for the State of Bavaria; Former member of the Board of Management of VIAG Telecom AG, Munich; President of German Tennis Federation (1999-2011); ITF Board of Directors (2001-_)

Dr. Markus Hugo Wanger (1955)

Attorney-at-law (Liechtenstein)
Eng/Deu
Vaduz / Liechtenstein

Dr.iur.; Attorney at law; Managing Director of PATAG Patente & Lizenzen Aktiengesellschaft (as of 1995); Honorary Counsul of the Hungarian Republic (as of 1994); Judge in the Court of Administration of Liechtenstein (1989-1993); Legal Councel of the Automobil Club of Switzerland (ACFL), section Liechtenstein; Vice President of ACFL; Judge in the Court of Aministration, Liechtenstein (1989-1993). President of the Liechtenstein Football Association (2001 - ). Member of "Rex Sport Asociación de Asesores del Deporte"

Me Bernhard Welten (1966)

Avocat (Switzerland)
Fr/Eng/Deu/It
Berne / Switzerland

Attorney at law at Kanzlei Welten, Bern, Switzerland. Formerly of Advokatur Notariat Lemann, Walz & Partner; member of the Swiss Arbitration Association; clerk at the sports tribunal of the Swiss Football Federation; member of the licencing commission of the Swiss Football League. Past functions: member of the board of the Swiss Sports Law Association, member of the Anti-doping commission of Swiss Olympic, former president of the doping sanctioning commission of Swiss Cycling (until 2001).